Mike Benner

Now this is what I am talking about...

Nov 4 by Michael Benner

Here I am waiting for my plane to take me back out to Arizona for another week of being a keyboard kowboy and I have some time before I board. I have slapped in the new AT&T laptop connect card and am loving the 3G speeds. As I write this I am replicating a production SQL box down to the laptop for some development on the plane. I have also checked my email, caught up with some blogs, and downloaded

some podacsts to sync with the iPhone for the plane ride.

I used to use my old Sprint Windows Phone as a modem and it worked well for minimal stuff (checking email, etc) but the connection was slow and I could not use my phone at the same time. I am also curious to what my battery life is going to be with the 3G connection vs EDGE vs my Sprint phone (which charged while being used as a modem).

I have to say, having access to my servers, sites and the internet in general (without paying the ridiculous wifi fees at airports) with these speeds is like heaven. When I fire up in Houston at my layover I will report the battery life and see if their speed is higher or lower. For the record I am 412 kbps down and 299 kbps up at RDU.

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OK Houston is faster. Not by much though. It is 436 kbps down and a whopping 400 kbps up. OK, time to go enjoy my upgrade.

# Posted By Mike Benner | 11/4/07 5:49 PM

OK, so in Paradise Valley we are getting 299 down and 262 up. Not to bad for being in the middle of the dessert.

# Posted By Mike Benner | 11/6/07 10:59 PM

OK, the best so far. 641 kbps down and 341 kbps up. RDU (Raleigh/Durham Airport) has the best speed so far.

# Posted By Mike Benner | 12/2/07 1:14 PM

OK, this is unbelievable.

1641 kbps down and 400 kbps up. I am in Scottsdale, AZ and am running faster on this card than the Cox Cable connection at the office.

# Posted By Mike Benner | 12/3/07 7:02 PM

PHX Airport, waiting for flight home.

1641 kbps down, 351 kbps up

# Posted By Mike Benner | 12/7/07 3:42 PM

Cleveland, OH

510 kbps down, 343 kbps up.

Not the 3G I have come to love.

# Posted By Mike Benner | 12/10/07 3:31 PM

YUK!!! 131 kbps down and 332 kbps up here at Newark International Airport.

# Posted By Mike Benner | 12/14/07 7:29 AM

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